American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 - 1120 pages |
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... STORY [ 1897 ] I DO NOT CLAIM that I can tell a story as it ought to be told . I only claim to know how a story ought to be told , for I have been almost daily in the com- pany of the most expert story - tellers for many years . There ...
... STORY [ 1897 ] I DO NOT CLAIM that I can tell a story as it ought to be told . I only claim to know how a story ought to be told , for I have been almost daily in the com- pany of the most expert story - tellers for many years . There ...
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... story . To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometime pur- poseless way , and seem innocently un- aware that they are absurdities , is the basis of the American art , if my position is correct . Another ...
... story . To string incongruities and absurdities together in a wandering and sometime pur- poseless way , and seem innocently un- aware that they are absurdities , is the basis of the American art , if my position is correct . Another ...
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... story " which I shall not attempt to criticise , though they seem to me to contain a singular ambiguity , be- cause I do not think I understand them . I cannot see what is meant by talking as if there were a part of a novel which is the ...
... story " which I shall not attempt to criticise , though they seem to me to contain a singular ambiguity , be- cause I do not think I understand them . I cannot see what is meant by talking as if there were a part of a novel which is the ...
Contents
AMERICAN LITERATURE 18601900 | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
Whispers of Heavenly Death | 102 |
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| Title | American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2 American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, John Towner Frederick |
| Editors | Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott |
| Publisher | C. Scribner's Sons, 1948 |
| Length | 1120 pages |
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